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Two tuberculosis genotyping clusters, one preventable outbreak.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) - 1 Jan 2000
Buff Ann M, Sosa Lynn E, Hoopes Andrea J, Buxton-Morris Deborah, Condren Thomas B, Hadler James L, Haddad Maryam B, Moonan Patrick K, Lobato Mark N
Abstract excerpt
In 2006, eight community tuberculosis (TB) cases and a ninth incarceration-related case were identified during an outbreak investigation, which included genotyping of all Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. In 1996, the source patient had pulmonary TB but completed only two weeks of treatment. From February 2005 to May 2006, the source patient lived in four different locations while contagious. The outbreak...
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